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Setting targets too high to ever be achieved isn't daunting or discouraging --- it's exhilarating! Such goals will always be there, like infinity, forever beyond grasp. But isn't that better than working toward mundane ends, achieving them, and wondering what to do next?
Don't measure yourself against other people, however "great" their accomplishments may seem. They're human; they're limited; they're imperfect. Try for more. Look up, see the stars, and have the courage to strive for them.
Hopeless? No! Reaching out, escaping the box, transcending all limits --- in spite of certain failure --- that's the source of real hope in life.
The danger in setting impossible goals is that one would set a goal that is impossible in a discoraging way. That is why I think it is better to set variable goals, so the goal line is visible, but it runs away while you follow. Such a goal would be: 'I will run a mile %10 faster today'. Even if you do, the fact that you are setting yourself a goal to improve on your current performance will mean that you still have a target tomorow. In this case, you could apply the above rule, and say, perhaps, "I will cut my time in half over my earlier best".
[[RadRob]] - 10/15/2001
(correlates: UniversalInstant, ComplexSimplicity, LoseTrack, ...)